Tire-sealing device.



Hmlg. f PATE APE. 7, g. G. H. PHILLIPS. TIRE SEALING DEVGE.

yLIPLIG'IIGI FILED 00T. 30, 1907.

. of Plymouth,

State of Massachusetts, have invented a new 'b UNITED STATESATEN-rOEETOE.

'GEORG-En.V PHILLIPS'OF PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSiGNoR or oNnnALr ToHnil SELF AND ONE-HALF To GEORGE r. SOULE, or PLYMOUTH. uASSAcHUsET'rsrTIRE-SIE ALIN G DE VICE To 'all whom tt may concern: o

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. PHILLIPS, in the county of Plymouth andand useful Improvement in Tire-Sealing De# vices; and I hereby declarethat the follow-4 ing is a full, clear', and exact description of l' thesame, reference being had to the accompanyiiig drawings, formingieation.v i

This invent-ion relates to improvements in devices for coveringandsealing blow out holes iii pneumatic tire casings and particularlyvfor Sealing'such holes as may occur in the sides or upper portions ofthe tire casing.

part of this speci- Tlie object ofthe inventionis to so con struct atire sealingdevice of this general nature that it may be readily securedand pressed in place to cover blow out or similar .20

ioles.

The invention consists 1n such peculiar features of construct-ion andco'inbinatioii of parts as shall hereinafter be more fully 'describedand pointed out in the claims. i

Figure 1. represents a cross Sectional view of a 'part of a wheelrini'wit-h the section of apneuiiiatic tire and the improved tire sealersecured in'place. Fig?, represents a per-' spective 'view of tneSealino' member.

Similar n'unieralsof reference designate corresponding parts inboth-figures.

ln 'carr ving`tliis invention into practice mvobject is to so constructa cover or closure adapted to lit aga-inst the upper portion and signedt-o conform whereby blow holes or other openings'accidentally occuringin Such portionsof the tire nia'v be closed and medium. blow holesealing device includes the use of Specification of Letters Patent.Application filed 0 ctober-30, 1907. l-Serial No. 399,818.

Shape and on account Patented April 7, 1908.

formed of a combination of rubberand fabric or of-4 other comparatively,flexible and elasticmate-rial and issegmental in shape oth in plan andend view and is designed to conform to the shape of theupperY portionand'side of the tire both by reason of its of its' flexibility. Thissealing member' has the shoulder 6,

`which is designed to iit against tliewlieel rim b, and .thecomparatively thin edge 7 which covers the side portion of the tire.

The preferred means for securing the sealing member in place andpressing it against lthe tire coiisist-s of the shoe S, preferably ofleather, lwhich fits against the tread of the -tire and extends upwardat the .Sides of thetire towards the wheel rim b, more or less as may bemost desirable in practice, and. liav- 4,ing straps 9-9liaving buckles10 by which said straps Awhen drawn over the sea-ling member 5 mav.be-secured over the wheel rim'b. l

In the application of this device the sealing member 5 is placed overthe blowlioles in'tlie side or upper portion of the tire with itsshoulder-6 bearingl against the wheel rim. the shoe 8 is then placed inposition against the tread of the tire andthe straps 9 are cai`- riedover the sealing member' and engagedy with their buckles and are iendrawn tigli1 to press the sealing member againstl the sid:

of the tire, ui'iward movement of the sealing member under stress of thetightened stra |s i Q l is prevented bv the shoulder 6 thereof bear*-side of a pneumatic' tireto which itis demeans whereby the sealingmember ma)v be l to embrace the ti-re'and wheel rim lor secilr securedin place.

As shown in the` drawings a represents the of a wheel rim to whichsaid-tire is secured.

The tire sealing member 5, shown iii perspec- 5 tive in Fig. 2 of thedrawings, is preferably ing against the wheel rim.

Having -lius described mv. invention claim as nev-` and desire to Securebv Letters Patent. l i

, A sealing device for pneumatic tires comprising a sealing m'eiiiberhaving a shoulder, adapted to fit against the wheel rim, and acomparatively thin edge, and means adapted HENRY W'. BARNES, JOHN L.BAoHEL-DER.

